Terai News

10 king cobras found near Mount Everest in Kathmandu signaled climate change, experts warned.  

The crackdown against Madhesis by the Nepal government will only push the movement towards further violence, an advocate said.

'The blockade of key border trade points with India which is led by Indian-origin Madhesis was part of Indian conspiracy to annex the Terai region'

At least 2,00,000 children in Nepal below five-years-old have been deprived of Vitamin A capsules and de-worming tablets due to the ongoing agitation in the Terai region which has affected the two-day National Vitamin A Programme, health officials claimed today.

Amid reports that it has restricted supplies of essential goods to Nepal, India on Wednesday said it has not imposed any "embargo" on the movement of goods and the obstructions were caused by the unrest in the country.

Amid deterioration in ties between India and Nepal over the promulgation of the new Constitution there, senior BJP leader and former external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take note of the worrying situation in the neighbouring country.

 Nepal`s new constitution was meant to end centuries of inequality, but instead it has sparked deadly protests and a trade blockade by ethnic minorities that has forced nationwide fuel rationing.

Police in Nepal fired rubber bullets into a crowd of demonstrators killing four people including a four-year-old boy, officials said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of clashes over a plan to set up a federal system.